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Mouse delays flight: Passengers were meant to fly at 10:40am to San Francisco

Could it not get a visa??

Another wrote: “I’m going to sell this to the movies. It can be the slightly more pedestrian prequel to snakes on a plane.

“Maybe this is what lured them on?”

Eventually, another plane and gate was found and the flight left four hours later.

A British Airways spokesman told Express.co.uk: "With service and prices this good, we know almost everyone wants to fly with us to San Francisco...but on this occasion there was one very small customer who we had to send back to the gate.

"Everyone holding their own passport is now on their way to California, and we are sorry for the delay."

Shocking reasons people have been kicked off flights

Mon, January 16, 2017

Shocking and ridiculous reasons people have been asked to leave an aeroplane.

Marius Fermi, UK Marketing Manager at flight delay claims compensation company, AirHelp commented: “While the presence of a mouse on board is not a typical cause for flight cancellations, under EC261 regulations, British Airways could now owe up to £153,746 in compensation charges passengers if the Boeing 777 aircraft was at full capacity and if the cause of the delay is not deemed as an ‘extraordinary circumstance’.

“In this instance, it’s more than likely that the passengers affected will be owed compensation, as previous flight disruptions similar to this have not been deemed ‘extraordinary’ in the past.

“Every year, more than eight million passengers are entitled to flight disruption compensation from airlines, yet only one per cent of eligible passengers will receive the money that they are entitled to.

“With this in mind, AirHelp encourages those that suffered delays as a result of the unwanted rodent to apply for the compensation they deserve.”

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Mouse delays flight: The delay lasted four hours while they found a new gate

Passengers on board another flight reacted in a very different way when they were told there flight was delayed.